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+# Tempest security policy
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+## Reporting a security issue
+
+If you think you have found a security issue within Tempest, don't create a GitHub issue and don't publish a pull request with proof of concept. In the first instance, report issues using [GitHub's security advisory reporting mechanism](https://github.com/tempestphp/tempest-framework/security/advisories/new), with as much information as you can provide, ideally including steps-to-recreate. Security reports submitted on this page are forwarded to the core maintainers only.
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+The core maintainers will determine whether this is classified as a security issue, and address it accordingly, or whether it is classified as a regular bug, and may ask you to raise a GitHub issue instead, at this time.
+
+## Resolution process
+
+The core maintainers will aim to acknowledge and validate any reported security issue promptly.
+
+Following the validation of a security issue, the core maintainers will broadly:
+
+1. Work on a patch and commit it to the repository via GitHub following the usual processes.
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+2. Issue a release containing the security release.
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+3. Consider offering a Rector automated fix within the release, where appropriate.
+
+4. Notify all subscribed Tempest parties via the usual channels (discord, blog, etc) that the updated is published.
+
+## Keeping Tempest secure
+
+Several controls are in place to ensure that Tempest code releases are kept secure.
+
+1. All maintainers with write access to the repository use multi-factor authentication.
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+2. Branch protection is configured on the repository.
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+3. All access rights and privileges (including automated accounts, API keys) are assigned on a Principle of Least Privilege basis.
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+4. Every pull request requires the successful completion of code quality and static analysis checks, and is reviewed by a core maintainer.
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+5. Tempest actively upgrades dependencies based on deprecations and notices from upstream packages where used.
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